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Peace Group Demands Shutdown of Israeli Embassy |
PRESS RELEASE
13 January 2008
‘SEVER TIES WITH WAR CRIMINALS’ SAYS GROUP
Carrying a giant eviction order and a mock padlock, the broad anti-war
group, Stop the War Coalition-Philippines, went to the Israeli embassy
today to symbolically order its closure.
The group sought to express its opposition to Israel’s ongoing
aggression in Gaza which has already killed more than 800 people, a
third of which are children.
The coalition had earlier called for the Philippine government to sever
its ties with Israel and to expel the Israel ambassador to express its
rejection of Israel’s aggression in Gaza.
For three weeks, Israeli bombs and rockets have pounded the Gaza strip
placing almost 1.5 million fearing for their lives and have shunned
initiatives by the international community to put an end to the
attacks.
“We want to drive home the point that no country and no people should
tolerate Israel’s barbarity,” said Atty Corazon Fabros, one of the
group’s spokespersons.
“Israel is guilty of war crimes and we should not have diplomatic
relations with criminals,” she added. “The world has to sanction and
isolate Israel otherwise its mass murder of the Palestinians will
continue.”
Israel, the group says, is guilty of violations of international law
such as collective punishment, targeting of civilians, and
disproportionate military response.
“The embassy should only be re-opened and diplomatic ties should only
be restored once Israel complies with international law,” said Fabros.
Stop the War Coalition-Philippines is a coalition of over 50 organizations and networks.#
CONTACT:
Cora Fabros: (0917) 8871153 // Dj Janier (0926)4263516
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The Philippines and Israel: A History of Complicity, an Imperative for Action |
By Herbert Docena
In 1947, the future of the Middle East stood before a vote at the
United Nations General Assembly. The British empire had earlier
expressed support for a Jewish “national home” in colonized Palestine,
effectively promising to give away land they did not own. This promise
was seized on by Zionists who had envisioned the creation in Palestine
of an exclusively Jewish state, a project which drew more support
following the Holocaust.
The only problem: Palestine, which Zionists describe as a “land without
people for a people without land,” happened to have people.
On the table at the UN was Resolution 181, which – in proposing to
partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews – effectively sought to
legitimize settler-colonialism. Under the plan, the Jewish state was to
be allocated 55% of the total land, even though the Jewish population
at that time constituted only one-third of Palestine’s population and
owned only 6% of the land.
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Focus on the Philippines this month releases a very timely issue on agrarian reform and rural development. On December 17, the last session of Congress for 2008, Legislators will vote on House Bill 4077, seeking to extend and reform the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. This vote will decide the fate of the unfinished business of agrarian reform in the Philippines, with funding for CARP, land acquisition and distribution as well as the provision of support services to beneficiaries, ending this year. This month's issue includes analyses on CARP performance and the need for meaningful reforms as well as a summary of an alternative agricultural roadmap.
Perspective:Standing on Tenuous Grounds
by Mary Ann Manahan
SocioEcon Monitor: CARP and the Unfinished Business of Agrarian Reform
Development Brief: Subverting Reform By Raising Wrong Development Policy Choices
by Rene E. Ofreneo, Ph.D.
Alternative Agricultural Road Map (AARM): A Summary by Center for Research and Special Studies
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